Bug-trap.



w. MULLER.

BUG TRAP..

APPLICATION FILED MAYIO, I917.

Patented Apr. 9, 1918.

,4 TTORNEY nr eras rarnnr or r rnn WILHELM M'tl'LLER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO CUR-T H. SENF, 0F LEQNIA, NEW JERSEY.

BUG-TRAP.

Application filed May 19 1' 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILHELM Mt'iLLnn, a citizen of Austria, and a resident of New York city, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bug-Traps, of Which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a trap of novel construction for catching insects, the trap being more particularly intended for the eX- termination of bed bugs.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure l is a perspective view of a bug trap embodying my invention;

Fig. 2, a longitudinal section thereof;

Fig. 3, a transvers section, and

Fig. at, an inner view of one of the covering sheets.

The device comprises a pair of flat covering sheets 1 made of equal size and composed of paper, card board or similar cheap and combustible material. T hose sheets are spaced from each other, for the accommodation oil? a continuous corrugated sheet or core 2 which is made likewise of paper or similar material and is secured to the covering sheets by rneans of a suitable adhesive.

In this Way, there will be formed, two nirallel rows 0t continuous longitudinal channels 3 extending from end to end of the covering sheets, one of said rows being formed between the core and one of the covering sheets, While the other row is formed, between said core and the other covering sheet. All of these channels closed throughout their length but are open a t their ends for the admission of the bugs.

The inner face or each sheet- 1 is covered by a bait 4: designed to attract the insects, said bait consisting preferably of a mixture Copies Specification of Letters Patent.

Fa-tented Apr. 9, 1918.

17. Serial No. 167,745.

oi? say eight Liarts by Weight of animal blood, two parts of lard and five parts of center portion of the trap only, say between the parallel lines 5-5 Fig. =1, so that the ends of the channels tor-in approaches along which he insects must travel for some distance before aching the bait, which thus iar as possible into the trap.

lures them as This bait Will attract the bugs to such an extent that they Will leave their usual haunts, spare the human inha itants, and nest and breed in the trap, which will thus serve 'to e'Pfectivel rid the house of the pests. Inasmuch as a row of channels is formed along each side ot the core, the entire clear ance between the covering sheets is utilized for trapping purposes.

"he trap being flat may be placed behind mirrors, pictures, under the bed bottom and in other convenient places, and after having been charged, may be burnt up or otherwise destroyed. Of course, the bait H121) be applied to the corrugated core in lieu of being applied to the covering sheets, and may also be applied to the core and also the shoe I claim:

A bug trap comprising a pair of covering sheets, made of equal size, an interposed gated sheet secured to the inner faces s id covering sheets, said corrugated sheet being provided With a plurality of continuous channels extending. from end to end of the covering sheets, and with a bait on the c ral portions of the covering sheets faiing said channels, While the end portions 0? said sheets are devoid of bait.

vVILI-IELM MULLER.

of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. 7

Washington, D. C. 

